European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 6 the stars and stripes. A a saturday december 8,1990 Rise Washington up a the nations unemployment rate Rose to 5.9 percent in november from 5.7 percent last month and reached the highest level since october 1987, the labor department said Friday in yet another sign of the weakness s throughout the . Economy employment Levels Fet sharply last month with non farm payrolls losing 265.000 jobs. Manufacturing construction and retail jobs were hardest hit. The monthly Job loss was the greatest since the recession of 1982 and the second consecutive Large monthly decline. A the number of unemployed workers swelled by 300.000 to 7.4 million during the month. Most of the newly jobless were adult men. Unemployment rates for adult men have increased steadily through the year to reach 5.4 percent in november. Unemployment rates for other categories also increased. The adult women unemployment rate reached 5.1 percent last month teen agers 16.5 percent Whites 5.1 percent Blacks 12.4 percent and hispanics 8.6 a a a \. A. A reflecting the increasing number of factory layoffs the unemployment rate for manufacturing workers Rose nearly a percentage Point last month to 6.6 percent. The construction Industry strapped by the nation s economic slowdown and tighter credit standards by lenders posted an unemployment rate of 13.6 percent. Layoffs accounted for much of the Job losses in these industries. The number of Job losers who now make up More than half of the unemployed Rose by nearly 300,000 last month and by about 700,000 since june the government said. The number of people who recently lost their jobs and those who have been unemployed Tor More than 27 weeks also increased last month. Total civilian employment declined by 450,000 to 117.3 million continuing a downward trend that began in june. Employment among Terrt agers has been de. Clining even longer since March. The civilian labor Force has changed Little at 124.6 million. Non farm payroll showed a a marked deterioration a a the labor department said with a decline of 265,000 jobs in november and a 180, 000 decline the month fore. A Only mining and the service Industry added jobs during the month. A the decline in manufacturing totalled 200,000, with reductions widespread throughout the Industry. The greatest decline came from the automobile Industry which Cut 55,000 jobs in november most of this reduction came from temporary Plant shutdowns to avoid excessive inventory the government said. But when the Auto companies shave jobs the Impact is Felt Down the line. Jobs were lost last month in several other industries that Supply automakers including fabricated metals rubber and plastics. The construction Industry continued to Wallow last month trimming 60,000jobs. In the past six months the Industry has shed about 250,000 jobs. A Paap a pygmy sperm whale sporting a divers wet suit is soothed by sea mammal trainers Dana Carnegie left and Terry Tysall of the Dolphin research Center at a hotel Pool in Marathon Fla. Marathon Fla. Apr a pygmy sperm whale discovered stranded on a Beach m the Florida keys is warm and alive inside a specially created wet suit made of the same material worn by scuba divers. Fathom named for the Orlando wet suit manufacturer which created and donated its yellow neoprene apparel was discovered nov. 26 on Lignum Vitae key and moved to a holding tank at a hotel. Beaching dehydrated the whales 7-foot, 350-Pound body causing liver and kidney damage. In its weakened condition the whale stopped eating and began to lose weight burning up the protective blubber Sheath that keeps it warm. A statistically speaking fathom Isnit doing very Good at All a said Lynne Calero medical director at the Dolphin research Center. A no stranded whale of her species has survived for More than four months in Captivity a but the one thing that gives me real Hope is that she is Alert in tune with her surroundings and navigating her tank Vecty Well Quot she said. A and she is accepting the wet suit the whale was transported to a holding tank at a Marathon Motel where it will remain quarantined for More than a month before joining other sea mammals at the nearby research Center. I staff from the Center a member of the nationwide Marine mammal stranding network have kept a 24-hour Vigil Over the whale hand feeding it up to 20 pounds of squid a Day. To keep it from becoming dehydrated again they pump three liners of water into its stomach daily but the most ingenious Way developed to Deal with the whales ills has been the whale wet suit designed to maintain the body temperature of the War blooded sea creature the device wraps the whale from six inches below its blow Hole to just above its excretory organs. If the whale survives and has not suffered any permanent disabling physical injury it will be released Back into the wild Calero said. A stateside physician pleads guilty to killing rare animals Concord . Up a or. Constantine l hampers a prominent physician who pioneered the use of kidney dialysis has pleaded guilty to two Misdemeanour charges of importing the pelts of endangered animals he killed while big game Hunting in Mexico. The guilty plea came the Day before hampers second trial on the charges was to begin in . District court. As part of the plea bargain agreement prosecutors dropped 13 related felony charges. Hampers was immediately sentenced by . District court judge Shane Devine to pay a Fine of $20,000, donate $180,000 to the world wildlife fund and forfeit the mounted pelts of three ocelot and two jaguars. A he could have faced a maximum penalty of 65 years in prison and a Fine of $2.6 million on the original charges. His first trial ended in june with a Hung surveyed car buyers Oak Brook Iii. Up a buyers Are making injury Protection a key Factor in deciding what car to buy an insurance Industry Survey has indicated. The Survey of 1,496 . Households a conducted by the Roper organization for the insurance research Council a indicated that 68 percent ranked As a very important the amount of Protection a car provides in a crash. A a a a Quot a a a Quot Quot a another 24 percent said such Protection is a somewhat important a. Two percent of those surveyed said they drive cars with air bags and 48 percent said they would like air bags in the next Carthey buy. A those surveyed ranked operating costs the second most important Factor 63 percent followed by insurance costs 59 percent Gas mileage 53 percent repair costs 53 percent and acceleration and handling 52 percent.,.a a a similar Survey conducted in 1982 ranked operating costs and Gas mileage As the two most important factors. Injury Protection ranked third.3-year-old boy found with pistol at Nursery new York up a Nursery school worker found a loaded pistol in a 3-year-old boys coat pocket and police said he was the youngest child they have encountered carrying a gun. Police arrested Lloyd Flowers 27, the superintendent of the apartment building where the child lives. Police said the child apparently found the gun on the seat of the Many a car As he drove the boy to schoo Isolyn Hong a child care worker at College Community childcare Center said he noticed what appeared to be the butt of a gun sticking from the boys coat. She found it was a .25-caliber automatic with a Bullet in the chamber and five other rounds in a six Bullet clip. Flowers was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and possessing a dangerous weapon. A the apparently drove the kid to school and the kid said he picked the gun up off the font seat of the car Quot offi a. Icer Scott Bloch said. Although there have been reports of children under. 10 taking guns to school police said they knew of no Case in which a 3-year-old was carrying a pistol Hurt when woman throws Rock in court new York a a woman involved in a court dispute Over the custody of her children took a Rock from under her clothes and threw it at the judge Haitung her in the face new York family court officials said a judge Leah Marks 59, suffered facial fractures and was treated by her physician according to the officials she did not return to court but the extent of her injury was not immediately known. Court officers arrested Adelinda Delgado. A fall of a sudden she pulled out a fist sized Rocle from j under her clothing and hurled it at the judge said court spokeswoman maty de Bourbon. She said the Rock was thrown from about 6 to 10 fee away the circumstances that led to the incident were not r. Reported. _ a. A
